Feel the Hurt - FAQ for Pain

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Lower Back Pain Q&A

Q: What are the most common causes of lower back pain?
A: Lower back pain can be attributed to many factors. Most lower back pain is produced by strained nerves or muscles in the lower back due to overuse or injury to muscles, tendons or nerves. Experts say that that continuous muscles strain can cause imbalance [...]

Top 5 Exercise Questions

Question:
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Option for Coumadin patients?

Question:
yeoldgn…@my-deja.com wrote: > I’ve been considering vasectomy since my 2nd son > was born nearly 2 years ago. One major roadblock: > I take coumadin for a heart condition, and will be > on coumadin for the rest of my life. > Given that there’s no studies I can find, [...]

Are there some sharp stomach pains that will go away on their own if just ignored?

Nearly everyone will experience some kind of stomach pain at one point in their lives and sometimes pain that is very painful. Pain in the stomach area can range from a slight stomach ache to severe pain. It can often be nonspecific and can be caused by many different conditions. There are many causes that [...]

Does This Sound Like You? (lengthy)

Question:
kewl.  all is forgiven.  :0)  sorry to have snarled. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m very sorry – I didn’t mean to insult you! I’m not suggesting at all that your symptoms are not real or that you don’t  have hypoglycemia.

Response:
I dunno about that. I only [...]